Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



PATENIEDMAYZL 19m. 'F. r. KAMP, ma; R. K. GUNDY.

METALLIG TIE AND RAIL FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1907.

WITNESSES f/VVE/VTORfi.

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FRANK-F. KAMP, JR AND ROBERT K. GUNDY, or LAWRENCE, PENNSYI VANIA. t

METALLlC TIE AND RAlL -FAQTENER.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed March 25, 1907. Serial N0 364,281-

To all when 1 it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK F. KAMP, Jr. and RQBERT K. GUNDY, citizens ofthe United States of America, resir ling at Lawrence, in the county ofWashington and State,

improved tie for preventing the rails of a track from spreading orbecoming vertically displaced with relation to the tie.

Our invention aims to prevent the numerous accidents in connection withrailways due to the faulty construction of rail fastendevised a. tiethat can be easily and quickly tamped to'form a solid bearing for rails,and

' in connection with the tie, we use permanent upon a tie. i

' up'bn the outer sides of the rails it will be imouter rail fastenersand detachable inner rail fasteners, it being a well known fact that thestresses and strains of rolling stock passing over a track have atendency to spread rails In using permanent fasteners possible for therails to spread r W 1th the above and other ObjGCtS in-v ew, which Wlllmore readily appear as the invention is better understood, the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of partsto behereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed outin the appended claims,

Referring to the drawing forming part of this specification, likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which:

Figure 1 is a view of our improved tie and rail fasteners partly inelevation and partly in section, Fig. 2 is a plan of the tie.illustrating a fastener securing a rail upon one end of the tie, Fig. 3is a perspective view of the split key used-in connection with the tie,Fig.

4 is a perspective view of a wedge-shaped fish bar forming part of ourimproved rail fastener, Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of oneendof thefish bar.

To put our invention into practice, we construct our improved tie ofmetal, the tie conforming in sh ape to the ordinary wooden tie. Informing the tie of metal we cut away the sides as at 1, 1 and providethe same with a longitudinally disposed bore 2 having its endterminating in the top of the tie, as-at 3. The bore 2 serves twopurposes namely to dispense with an expensive solid metallic tie andprovide means wherebythe tie can be tamped in road bed. The bore 2 canbe filled with ballast or similar material, which adds weight to the tiewithout incurring considerable expense. To drain the bore 2 We provideeach end of the tie with openings 4.

The tie adjacent to each one of the bore openings is provided with anintegral. rail outer side of a rail 6 mounted upon the tie.

The tie is also provided With tapering dovetail grooves 7 pro vided'attheir smaller ends with openings 8, each opening branching to provide atriangular shaped block 9, the object'of which will be presentlydescribed.

I In the tapering dove-tail shaped grooves 7 are mounted tapering fishbars 10, said bars being dove tailed as at 11, to fit within the grooves7. These bars are adapted to em brace the inner sides of the rail 6,'andto assist in placing or removing the bars, we provide each end of thebar with an enlargement 12, to receive the blow of a hammer or similarinstrument used in placing the bars in their respective grooves. e p Inconnection with each bar, we use a key 14 said key being split as at 15.The keys formed in the cut away ends 17 of the bars, said keys passingdownwardly into the openings 8 and engaging the triangular blocks 9,where the key is split when being driven into the openings 16 and 8.

1 It will be apparent from the illustration of and reliable means forholding two rails upon a tie, and from the novel construction of thetie, it W1ll be observed that the same is cast support or fastener 5adapted to brace theare adapted to pass through openings 16 ourinvention that We have devised positive metal and forms a durablestructure capable :of withstanding the rough usage to which ties areordinarily subjected.

Itdsobvious that such changes in the size,

vproportion and minor details of construction as are permissible by theappended claims, mayberesorted to without departing from v thesg nt andscope of the invention.

, t we-claim and desire to secure byv I'Letters Patent, is:--

1i,v In a metallic tie and-rail fastener, the

combinationwith rails, of a metal tie having a longitudinally disposedbore formed therein having its-ends terminating at the top of said tie,said tie "having openings formed therein.- to drain said bore, integralfasteners 'can'ied by. the ends of said tie for bracing the {ou er sidesof said rails, shaped .fish bars detachably mounted upon the top of saidtie and bracing the inner sides dove tail wedgeof said rails, said tiebeing formed with triangular'shaped blocks, split keysadapted to passdownwardly through said bars and engage sald blocks and have their endsseparated to lock said keys in said tie. v

- 2. Ina'nqetallic tie and rail fastener, the combination with rails, ofa metal tie having a longitudinally disposed bore formed therein,fasteners carried FRANK 'F. KAMP, JR. ROBERT K. GUNDY.

Witnesses:

MAX H. SRoLovITz, A. J. TRIGG.

by said tie and bracing the outer sides ofsaid rails, dove tail fasten-

